VARIOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does various mean? 

• VARIOUS (adjective)
  The adjective VARIOUS has 4 senses:

1. of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity

2. considered individually

3. distinctly dissimilar or unlike

4. having great diversity or variety

  Familiarity information: VARIOUS used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VARIOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity

Synonyms:

assorted; various

Context example:

cited various reasons for his behavior

Similar:

different (unlike in nature or quality or form or degree)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Considered individually

Synonyms:

respective; several; various

Context example:

the various reports all agreed

Similar:

individual; single (being or characteristic of a single thing or person)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Distinctly dissimilar or unlike

Synonyms:

diverse; various

Context example:

animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth

Similar:

different (unlike in nature or quality or form or degree)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Having great diversity or variety

Synonyms:

various; versatile

Context example:

his vast and versatile erudition

Similar:

varied (characterized by variety)

 Context examples 

We had seen several of the sort, the runs of various wild beasts, during our expeditions.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

EGFR is a tyrosine kinase overexpressed or upregulated in various types of cancer.

(Monoclonal Antibody 528, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays an oncogenic role in hepatocellular, lung and breast carcinomas as well as various leukemias and lymphomas.

(MIR20A Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A header concept for the various measurement units based on the mile.

(Mile Unit of Distance, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent may be conjugated with various toxins in order to target their cytotoxic activity to tumor cells expressing the L6 antigen.

(Monoclonal Antibody L6, NCI Thesaurus)

Various duties awaited me on my arrival.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

At last, after various attempts at meeting, I have seen your cousins, 'dear Julia and dearest Mrs. Rushworth'; they found me at home yesterday, and we were glad to see each other again.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

The various ascending noises convinced her that the servants must still be up.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Various as were the tempers in her father's house, he pleased them all.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

This leads to a decrease in the production of glycosphingolipid, which has important roles in various cellular processes.

(Miglustat, NCI Thesaurus)